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North Africa in June 1977. The airline, wholly owned by Frenchman M. J. H.
Collett, also operates air-taxi services. Head Office: States Airport, Jersey,
Channel Islands, Great Britain. ^4192255.
Executives: chairman/managing direc tor, M. J. H. Collett; commercial direc
tor, R. M. Plummer; chief pilot, Capt W. J. Foden; operations manager, R.
Cosens; chief operations officer, C. B. Wright.
Employees: 18. Fleet: two DC-3, three Cessna 310.
Air Bahama is the operating name of International Air Bahama, formed in
1966. Scheduled low-fare passenger ser vices began in July 1968 between
Nassau and Luxembourg. Following a sales agreement in October 1978, IAB
was taken over by Hekla Holdings, a subsidiary of Loftleidir HF, and the
Freeport-Nassau-Luxembourg route is now operated in conjunction with
Icelandair.
Head Office: PO Box 4887, Inter national Airport, Nassau, Bahamas.
Executives: general manager/chief executive, Sigurdur Helgason; vice-
president/director Western hemisphere, John J. Loughgery; operations director,
Tedd Hope; chief pilot, Capt Richard Rogers.
Employees: 67. Fleet: two DC-8-63.
Air Bali—see PN Merpati Nusantara Airlines.
Air Belgium (formerly Abelag Airways) was formed on May 3, 1979, to operate
worldwide charter flights. Major share holders are the tour operator Sun
International and Herfurth. Head Office: Vilvoordelaan, 192-1930
Zaventem, Belgium. Executives: chairman, R. Vanmoer-
kerke—general manager, R. Nuyens— manager.
Fleet: three Boeing 737-200, one Boeing 707-352C.
Air Benin, formed on July 13, 1978, as the national airline of Benin (formerly
Dahomey), began operations on Decem ber 9 with a scheduled passenger ser
vice linking Cotonou with Porto-Novo. Extensions are planned to Lagos, Kano,
Niamey, Ouagadougou and Lome.
Head Office: BP824, Cotonou, Benin. Fleet: one Fokker F.27^600, one Cor
vette.
Air Berlin USA was formed in 1978 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Oregon -based American agricultural company, Lelco, to operate passenger
charter flights from Tegel Airport, Ber lin for German tour operators to points
in the Mediterranean and North Africa. Operations began in April 1979. In Feb
ruary 1980 a collaboration agreement was signed with Miami-based Air
Florida, who will provide financial, tech nical and sales support services to Air
Berlin.
Head Office: Tegel Airport, O-1000 Berlin 51, West Germany.
A* 183214. Executives: chairman, Leonard Lund-
green; president, John D. MacDonald; vice-president, Kim Lungren; directors:
finance, Hans-Martin Mahlke; opera tions, John A. Casey; maintenance,
Horst Wuttig; sales, Ingo Aster. Fleet: two Boeing 707-320, two 737-200.
Air Borealis, formed in October 1978, has requested CAB authority to operate
scheduled passenger services from An chorage to Chicago and New York, and
Anchorage to Hilo, Hawaii. Head Office: 4797 Business Park Boule
vard, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, USA.
^09025182. Executives: president, Robert Murray;
vice-president/director of operations, Charles Clay; general manager, Bruce
Sprague; director of maintenance, Ernest Mitchell.
Employees: 48. Fleet: three Boeing 707.
Airborne Express, the airline operating subsidiary of the Seattle, Washington-
based Airborne Freight Corporation, was formed in 1980 from a merger of
Midwest Air Charter and the airline division of the freight forwarding com
pany. The new airline operates an extensive network of overnight express
small package services from the Wil mington hub to New York, Cleveland,
Atlanta, St Louis, Chicago, Dallas and Denver.
Head Office: Clinton County Airport, Wilmington, Ohio, USA.
Executive: chairman, Holt W. Webs ter.
Fleet: four Douglas DO9-30, six Cara-velle 6R, two YS-11A freighters, two
Convair CV-600, two Corvette, four HFB-320 Hansa Jet, seven Citation, five Lear-
Jet 23/24, one Carstedt 600 (DH Dove), five Navajo, 10 Aerostar 600, two Beech
18, six Aztec.
Air Botswana was formed in August 1972 as the successor to Botswana Air
ways Corporation (itself established in 1969 to replace Botswana National Air
ways). The airline is wholly owned by the Botswana Development Corporation
and operates scheduled passenger and cargo services over Johannesburg-Gab
orone - Selibe - Pikwe - Lusaka; Gaborone-M a u n; and Gaborone - Francistown -
Head' Office: PO Box 92, Gaborone, Botswana.
>M13. Executives: chairman, K. Kuiper; man
aging director, S. G. Choppin; directors: M. Tibone, S. Mpuchane, M. Molefane,
J. Bol. Employees: 100.
Fleet: one Viscount 700, one HS.748, one Twin Otter.
Air Brazeau—see Quebec Aviation.
Air Bridge, formed in 1972 as Air-Bridge Carriers (ABC), is a subsidiary of Field
Aviation, itself a part of the Hunting
Group of Companies. Cargo charter ser vices are operated to points in Europe,
the Middle East and North Africa. Head Office: East Midlands Airport,
Castle Donington, Derby, Great Britain.
^377336. Executives: chairman, G. H. Williams;
managing director, J. D. Capstick; chief pilot, Capt C. Hutchinson; commercial/
administration manager, M. Timson; traffic manager, D. R. Pope; operations
superintendent, P. McBride; directors: S. L. Arnold-Boakes; M. L. H. Carter;
C. J. Stevens; secretary, J. W. Spate.
Employees: 60. Fleet: three Argosy 100, six Merchant
man/Vanguard.
Air Burundi, the state-owned national
airline of Burundi, was originally formed
in April 1971 as Societe de Transports Aeriens du Burundi (STAB), and the
present title adopted in June 1975.
Scheduled passenger services are
operated from Bujumbura to Kigoma (Tanzania), Kigali (Rwanda) and
Kalemie (Zaire), together with charter
flights. Agricultural work is also under-Head Office: BP2460, 2 Boulevard de
l'Uprona, Bujumbura, Burundi.
Fleet: one Caravelle 3, two Twin
Otter, two Super Cub.
Air BVI was formed in June 1971 as the national airline of the British Virgin
Islands. Scheduled inter-island passen ger services began in July 1972 and
now link Beef Island Airport, Tortola and Virgin Gorda with San Juan (Puerto
Rico), St Croix (US Virgin Islands) and Antigua. Shareholding was reorganised
in 1976 and is now in the hands of local businessmen, a charitable trust and Air
BVI employees.
Head Office: PO Box 85, Town Road, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
^292-7950. Executives: general manager, EHhu
Rhymer; chief pilot/director of opera tions, Capt T. C. Branson; maintenance/
engineering manager, Colin Ford; area manager, Robert Solymossy; administra
tion manager, Edison O'Neal. Employees: 75.
Fleet: five DC-3, four Islander.
Aircal, known until April 1981 as Air California, was formed in 1966 and
began operations in January 1967. High frequency interstate one-class scheduled
One of Air Bridge's former British Airways Merchantman freighters prepares to depart from Luton
on a newspaper service
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